US opposes referendum, government officials say
|
|
Anti-nuclear protesters demanding an advisory referendum to decide the fate of the Fourth Nuclear Plant march through downtown Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
|
Chen praises Ketagalan graduates
|
|
President Chen Shui-bian presents new chairwoman of China Development Financial Holding Corp Diana Chen with a graduation souvenir.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
|
Saddam is alive and active: US
|
|
An Iraqi boy looks from over a fence as he watches a US soldier standing on guard following an altercation between two Iraqi families in Baghdad. Washington believes that members of the old regime are active in Iraq, coordinating opposition and attacks on US troops.
PHOTO: AFP
|
Bounty hunters prefer to work in the shadows
|
|
US bounty hunter Duane Lee Chapman, known as ``Dog Chapman'' has been languishing in a Mexican jail after being arrested while trying to capture Andrew Luster, a convicted rapist and heir to the Max Factor fortune.
PHOTO: REUTERS
|
Zimbabwean opposition leader freed
|
|
Happy supporters welcome home Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, left, in Harare, just after his release from jail. Tsvangirai, who heads the Movement for Democratic Change, was released on 10 million Zimbabwean dollars (US$12,500) bail following his arrest two weeks ago on charges of treason.
PHOTO: AFP
|
Africa in need of a rescue plan
|
|
ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
|
Jaguars no longer considered lemons
|
|
Since the Ford Motor Company snatched Jaguar from the brink of collapse in 1989, Ford has poured in the resources required to improve quality and expand the model lineup. The 2004 model is the first thoroughly re-engineered XJ since 1987, and Jaguar executives are emphatic that the car now has substance to go with its style.
PHOTO: NY TIMESN
|
|
Jaguars have gained in value for customers who emphasize not only a sleak look, but also reliability.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
|
Going back in time by rail
|
|
PHOTO COURTESY OF HENGSHAN COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Looking out of the final tunnel on the approach to Neiwan, in Hsinchu County.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
|
|
|
|
The historic Neiwan Theater was built by the Japanese to entertain loggers.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
|
The foreign bride business
|
|
Huang Nai-hui, left, and his Cambodian wife Chiang Na-wei have a reasonably successful marriage, full of both laughs and arguments - that are usually about money.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TSAI TSUNG-LUNG
|
|
Vetnamese bride Ah-luan had trouble getting used to living in Taiwan.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TSAI TSUNG-LUNG
|
Looking at the `mud ball in the sea' that became Taiwan
|
|
Out of China, or Yu Yonghe's Tales of Formosa
By Macabe Keliher
Softcover, NT$300. 242 pages
SMC Publishing
|
Celebrating a classical life
|
|
Long Life, 1974, by Lee Da-mu, in the exhibition Paintings, Calligraphy and Seal Carving, at the National Museum of History.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY
|
|
Lee Da-mu's calligraphy in seal script.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY
|
Slaughter and forgetting in the gulags
|
|
Gulag: A History
By Anne Applebaum
Illustrated, 677 pages
Doubleday
|
Making the mundane into art
|
|
Wang Fu-tong's Untitled. pHOTO: courtesy of Main Trend Art Space
|
Sandy Casar conquers the Alps
|
|
Swiss Oskar Camenzind (Phonak), right, rides infront of German Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) during the fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland in Losone on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
|
Montgomery struggles as as Williams wins the 100
|
|
Bernard Williams, center, is congratulated as Tim Montgomery, left, looks on after Williams won in the finals of the men's 100m in the US track and field championships in Stanford, California on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
|
Kelli White may soon be the world's fastest woman
|
|
Gail Devers, bottom right, heads for a victory during the semifinals of the women's 100m at the US track and field championships on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
|
Rookie has big first day at the plate
|
|
Tampa Bay Devil Rays' Rocco Baldelli, right, is tagged out trying to steal third base by Florida Marlins' Mike Lowell in the first inning in Miami on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
|
Jonathan Hurst pitches location
|
|
Jonathan Hurst, pitcher for the Brother Elephants, salutes his fan in this file photo. He's back playing baseball in Taiwan for a second time in his career.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
|
Tiger finds himself four strokes back
|
|
Tiger Woods tees off on the 13th hole during the second round of the Buick Classic at the Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
|
|
Briny Baird of Jupiter, Florida chips the ball onto the 18th green during the Buick Classic on Friday. Baird finished with a two-day total of 10-under-par.
PHOTO: AP
|
Argentina beats France in final seconds of test match
|
|
Lucas Ostiglia, left, of Argentina attempts to break a tackle during the rugby test match against France in Buenos Aires on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
|
